Investing.com – Italy equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Atlantia (MI:ATL), which rose 1.48% or 0.37 points to trade at 25.30 at the close. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) added 1.17% or 0.0095 points to end at 0.8240 and Enel (MI:ENEI) was up 0.77% or 0.038 points to 4.960 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna (MI:EMII), which lost 3.25% or 0.162 points to trade at 4.818 in late trade. Saipem SpA (MI:SPMI) declined 2.38% or 0.0840 points to end at 3.4460 and Yoox Net-A-Porter Group SpA (MI:YNAP) shed 2.29% or 0.61 points to 25.98.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 239 to 112 and 23 ended unchanged on the Milan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.54% or 0.25 to $46.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.64% or 0.31 to hit $48.73 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 7.52 to trade at $1241.22 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.76% to 1.1565, while EUR/GBP rose 0.84% to 0.8865.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 94.40.